Lost the plot - Principal Consultant Jacobs Employee Review

1.0
Jan 31, 2018
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Pros

Interesting work, very good people at working level, but being driven out by poor, bullying leadership to better companies. Has a high reputation with Defence consultancy clients, but market share shrinking with poor leadership, both in Defence and ATEN who only understand bulk body shopping into nuclear at low margins.

Cons

Risk averse and not very intelligent senior leadership focuses on billability and avoiding normal professional engineering responsibilities, selling bodies rather than capabilities. No clue in strategy - they think an unrealistic set of Goals without a resourced capability development plan will deliver growth. Bullying leadership culture

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